Pakistan: Blast near Serena Hotel in Quetta leaves 2 policemen dead
Quetta: At least two policemen died and eight others were injured in an explosion near Quetta's Serena Hotel in Pakistan on Sunday.
Four passers-by were also wounded in the blast that targeted a police mobile near Tanzeem Chowk, Balochistan government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani said in a statement as quoted by Dawn News.
He said the bomb was attached to a motorcycle.
The injured people were shifted to hospital for treatment.
Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan also condemned the attack and expressed sadness over the martyrdom of the two police personnel.
"Terrorist elements want to ruin the province's peace. [We] will never allow terrorists to succeed in their nefarious plans," he was quoted as saying in a statement as reported by Dawn News.
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